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Enjoy the Heritage Walks in September
Event Series Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks P.O. Box 611, Great Barrington, MA

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations […]

Family Friendly, Health and Wellness, History and Heritage, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

Enjoy the Heritage Walks in September
Event Series Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks P.O. Box 611, Great Barrington, MA

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations […]

Family Friendly, Health and Wellness, History and Heritage, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

Yiddish Book Center logo

Finding Home in Hungary, 1945: A Little-Known Postwar Jewish Experience

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA

Join us at the Yiddish Book Center for the Finding Home Reading Tour, a literary and performance experience featuring author Dean Cycon and Jewish music practitioners Bea Carlson (accordion/vocals) and Jason Ditzian (clarinet). This hour-long event takes audiences on a journey through several passages of Finding Home, read by Cycon and scored with live klezmer and Hungarian folk […]

Diversity and Inclusion, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event

Robert Oakes to conduct ghost tours at Ventfort Hall
Event Series Ghost Tours at Ventfort Hall

Ghost Tours at Ventfort Hall

Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA
$30

Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of those who experienced them, and maybe even experience something unusual yourself. This is not an […]

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Enjoy the Heritage Walks in September
Event Series Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks P.O. Box 611, Great Barrington, MA

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations […]

Family Friendly, Health and Wellness, History and Heritage, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

learn blacksmithing basics at Hancock Shaker Village
Event Series Blacksmithing 1-On-1 Workshop

Blacksmithing 1-On-1 Workshop

Hancock Shaker Village 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA

Learn basic blacksmithing skills at the Village’s coal-fired forge in a private lesson with instructor Rick Ryer. Working alongside one of the Village’s experienced blacksmiths, learn to manage a coal forge fire; heat stock; form the stock using tools such as hammers and anvils; and complete finish work (which includes operating an electric grinder). Participant will make […]

Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, History and Heritage

Enjoy the Heritage Walks in September
Event Series Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks P.O. Box 611, Great Barrington, MA

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations […]

Family Friendly, Health and Wellness, History and Heritage, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

Enjoy the Heritage Walks in September
Event Series Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks

Housatonic Heritage Walks P.O. Box 611, Great Barrington, MA

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations […]

Family Friendly, Health and Wellness, History and Heritage, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event